English Explanatory Dictionary

fiddleback

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The brown recluse spider.
  2. A feature of maple wood where the fibers are distorted in an undulating chatoyant pattern.
  3. A kind of chasuble with the front cut away.

Word forms

fiddleback fiddlebacks

Etymology

From fiddle + back.

Related words

fiddlehead fiddleneck
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